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Slavoj Zizek: Who has the right to bring the public bad news?
When WikiLeaks exploded onto the scene a decade ago, it briefly seemed like the internet could create a truly open society. Since then, Big Brother has fought back. Continue reading
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Banning Absurd Racist Alex Jones Threatens Us All
Digital media owners are silencing the left; now it’s Alex Jones’ turn to be silenced. How do we define the public commons when it’s all privately owned? Continue reading
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Fight back against internet censorship! By Andre Damon
In July 2017, the World Socialist Web Site published an exposure of the fact that changes to Google’s search algorithms had massively slashed traffic to left-wing, anti-war and socialist publications. Over the course of dozens of articles, we established that Google, together with the other technology monopolies, was engaged in a campaign of censorship of… Continue reading
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Frankie Boyle: Your new show betrayed Gaza By Jonathan Cook
Having purged your Twitter feed of critics, you have created a series of straw men. In the worst, you have suggested that those unhappy with the show are really closet racists for objecting to the fact that you spent half of your 30-minute schedule allowing your guests, led by David Baddiel, to flay Jeremy Corbyn… Continue reading
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Faking it By William Bowles
It’s time I did a piece on this Fake News nonsense being put about by the Western propagandists, the originators of fake news and what better place to start than the BBC, the fountainhead of impartial and objective journalism, not. Continue reading
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Facebook and Google outline unprecedented mass censorship at US Senate hearing By Andre Damon
Behind the backs of the US and world populations, social media companies have built up a massive censorship apparatus staffed by an army of “content reviewers” capable of seamlessly monitoring, tracking, and blocking millions of pieces of content. Continue reading
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The Two-FacedBook By William Bowles
The World Wide Web is very difficult to control without overt, and very public, central, i.e. state control. But control had to be reasserted. It was a dilemma for the elite. How to do it without blowing away the illusion of a free and democratic media? Enter ‘fake news’. Continue reading
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The Two-Faced Book By William Bowles
The World Wide Web is very difficult to control without overt, and very public, central, i.e. state control. But control had to be reasserted. It was a dilemma for the elite. How to do it without blowing away the illusion of a free and democratic media? Enter ‘fake news’. Continue reading
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Backlash Against Russian ‘Fake News’ Is Shutting Down Debate for Real By Robin Andersen
A few days before the Halloween hearings held by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, where powerful tech companies would provide testimony about their roles disseminating “fake news” during the 2016 election, Twitter announced it would no longer accept advertising from the Russian government-sponsored broadcast channel Russia Today (RT), or the state-owned Sputnik. Continue reading
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Video: Twitter Bans RT and Sputnik Ads, Who's Next?
Twitter has announced it will ban advertising from the Russian-backed media outlets RT and Sputnik. We speak to journalist and best-selling author Max Blumenthal. Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report #152 By William Blum
21 October 2017 — The Anti-Empire Report Capturing the wisdom and the beauty of Donald J. Trump in just one statement escaping from his charming mouth: “Our military has never been stronger. Each day, new equipment is delivered; new and beautiful equipment, the best in the world – the best anywhere in the world, by far.” Continue reading
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48 hours to stop the US govt from spying on its visitors!
This is urgent: There’s less than 48 hours until the U.S. State Department closes public feedback on whether they should be gathering the social media history of people applying for U.S. visas. Under new rules, 65,000 people a year are being asked to provide every social media handle they used over the past five years… Continue reading
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